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MISSING FOR THREE DAYS IN
THE SIERRA.
A ROCKLAND MAN AND HIS DAUGHTER
FOUND ALIVE AND WELL.
CBS13 WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST
ON WHEN CODY MATTHEWS AND HIS
DOG BOWER WERE BROUGHT TO
SAFETY.
CODY SPOKE FROM HIS HOSPITAL
BED A SHORT TIME AGO.
SO THAT'S WHEN ALL THESE
AMAZING PEOPLE AND ALL THE
AGENCIES INVOLVED THEY PULLED
TOGETHER AND I STILL DON'T
REALLY KNOW ALL THE DETAILS BUT
SOUNDS LIKE COUNTLESS HOURS AND
THEY SAVED ME.
THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE
OF THEM.
WE HAVE EXTENDED COVERAGE
ON THIS AMAZING STORY OF
SURVIVAL.
I'M TONY LOPEZ.
CODY MICHAELS WAS LAST SEEN
HIKING IN THE DONNER AREA
MONDAY.
HE LOST THE TRAIL DUE TO ALL
THE SNOW THERE AND GOT
DISORIENTED AND HEADED IN THE
WRONG DIRECTION.
AFTER AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH, HE
WAS SPOT TED BY A BLACK HAWK
HELICOPTER TODAY.
BOTH CODY AND HIS DOG BOWER ARE
SAID TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION.
WE TURN TO JENNIFER MCGRAW.
SHE'S LIVE AT SUTTER ROSEVILLE,
JENNIFER.
Reporter: TONY AND
CHRISTINA, CODY WAS RELEASED
HERE A FEW HOURS AGO.
HE WAS IN THE WOODS THREE DAYS,
TWO OF WHICH HE WAS LOST BUT HE
TELLS ME IT WAS A TERRIFYING
ORDEAL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
YESTERDAY IS WHEN I WAS
LIKE, I'M IN SERIOUS TROUBLE, I
DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM.
Reporter: CODY SAYS THAT HE
WAS WALKING TOWARD SOMETHING
BUT THE TRAIL WAS COVERED WITH
SNOW AND WITH NO FOOD HE AND
HIS DOG HAD TO STOP AND WAIT
FOR HELP.
BUT THAT HELP CAME FROM ALL
DIRECTIONS.
THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T GIVING
UP ON CODY.
BIG ARMY HELICOPTER WAS
COMING UP OVER THE CANYON AND I
STOOD UP AND TRIED TO WAVE MY
HANDS.
THOSE GUYS ARE UNBELIEVABLE.
THEY SAVED ME.
IT'S REALLY.
I COULDN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH
TO THOSE GUYS AND EVERYBODY
THAT WAS INVOLVED.
ALL THE COUNTLESS HOURS, FROM
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK
YOU GUYS YOU SAVED MY LIFE, I
OWE YOU EVERYTHING.
Reporter: SO CODY WAS
CHECKED OUT HERE AT SUTTER IN
ROSEVILLE AND HE'S OKAY AND
WE'RE TOLD THAT BOWER IS ALSO
GETTING CHECKED OUT AND HE'S
OKAY TOO.
MUCH MORE COMING UP ON CODY'S
STORY.
I AM WONDERING IF YOU CAN
ELABORATE WHAT HE WAS SAYING,
WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS IN
TROUBLE.
WAS IT BECAUSE HE WAS RUNNING
OUT OF FOOD OR PANICKING OR
WHAT?
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FOOD.
HE PACKED FOR ONE NIGHT, HE ATE
THAT.
HE HAD JUST ENOUGH FOR HIM AND
HIS DOG BOWER, THAT WAS IT.
OTHER THAN THAT HE WAS WALKING
FOR MILES AND MILES AND IT
LOOKED LIKE THE SAME PLACE AND
DIDN'T SEE A SOUL.
AT THAT POINT HE BEGAN TO
PANIC.
DID HE ELABORATE ON HOW HE
ENDED UP TRACKING DOWN THE
SOLDIERS.
I KNOW HE PUT SOME DUCT TAPE ON
A ROCK AS WELL.
WELL TODAY IN THE HOSPITAL
HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY
BOWER.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE ANYMORE.
HE THOUGHT PLAY TIME WAS OVER
AND HE WAS GETTING HUNGRY AND
LETHARGIC.
SO THEY ENDED UPSETTING UP CAMP
AND WAITING AND HOPING.
HE SAID THAT THAT'S WHEN HE SAW
THE HELICOPTER OVER HEAD AND HE
STARTED FLINGING THINGS OVER